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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 3
Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks
Using the Video & Television Pages
Note:ForWindowsVista–SupportforsomefeaturesunderWindowsVistaor
Windows7isindevelopmentandmaynotbeavailablewithyourGeForce
graphicsdriverversion.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistof
unsupportedfeatures.
Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystem
hardware,suchas
whetherornotyouhaveaTVconnectedandenabled.UsetheVideo&Television
pageto:
•Adjustvideoand imagecolorsettings.
•Adjustyourtelevisionpicturequalityandvideocolorsettingsforthebestpossible
viewinginitsenvironment.
•Enablefullscreenvideomirroringsothatyou
canviewfullscreenvideocontent
ononedisplaywhiletheotherdisplayhasthesmallervideowindowwithvisible
controls.
• Changethepositionandsizeofthedesktop/videotobestfityourtelevisionor
HDTV(highdefinitiontelevision)screen.
• Changethesignalformattouseforyourstandardtelevisionor
HDTVaswellas 
changecountry‐specificsignalortheHDTVformat.
Using the 3D Settings Pages
Note:ForWindowsVista–SupportforsomefeaturesunderWindowsVistaor
Windows7isindevelopmentandmaynotbeavailablewithyourGeForce
graphicsdriverversion.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistof
unsupportedfeatures.
Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystem
hardware,suchas
whetherornotyouhaveanSLI‐readysystem.Usethe3DSettingspageto:
• Changetheimageandrenderingsettingsofyour3Dapplicationsandgamesthat
utilizeDirect3DandOpenGLtechnology.
•Assignspecific3Dsettingstoagamesothatthesesettingsautomaticallyload
whena
gameislaunched(availableunderAdvancedview).
•Setupyour SLIormulti‐GPUconfigurationaswellasPhysXconfiguration.
Note:GPUtemperaturemonitoringandGPUoverclockingfeaturesarenot
includedinthe3DSettingspage.Tousethisfunctionalityyoumustinstall
NVIDIAnTunesoftware.
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